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- Other Questions: Hospitals Funding (1 Feb 2017)
Alan Kelly: The date 24 October will long live in the Minister's memory because it was the day he visited the, for want of a better phrase, "phantom hospital" in Cashel. By any standard, it was bizarre, and I think the Minister acknowledged that fact. The hospital being visited by the Minister for Health did not have a single patient. A huge amount of funding has been put into the hospital and that...
- Other Questions: Hospitals Funding (1 Feb 2017)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for his reply. There is welcome news in it given that a plan is to be put in place. However, let us get down to brass tacks. The hospital in Clonmel is under incredible pressure and the accident and emergency unit is overcrowded. It does not have enough space. In the past few weeks, the HSE turned down a request for extra nurses and staff. It turned it down, despite...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (1 Feb 2017)
Alan Kelly: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made in his analysis of the way private accident and emergency departments will be used during peaks in public accident and emergency department usage. [4410/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)
Alan Kelly: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if the new emergency department in University Hospital Limerick will be funded and opened on schedule in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4521/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)
Alan Kelly: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he proposes to fully fund the national maternity strategy; and the funding spent to date in 2017. [4408/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (1 Feb 2017)
Alan Kelly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the country's accident and emergency departments; and if he will consider opening new minor injury units and guarantee all current accident and emergency departments are maintained. [4522/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Tipperary constituency in 2015 and 2016. [4308/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to theTipperary constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016. [4309/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4310/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (31 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: 610. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open up more minor-injury units in order to alleviate the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments. [4411/17]
- Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: With reformed family friendly hours?
- Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: I welcome the Bill and I thank Deputy O'Dea for putting it forward. It is timely. I had a brief opportunity to speak to Deputy O'Dea about the Bill yesterday. In fairness, I thank the Minister of State as well for the time she gave me this week to discuss the matter. The legislation is timely because of the situation in which we find ourselves. We need a comprehensive plan. I am...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Killing of Mr. Michael Dwyer in Bolivia: Discussion (26 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Chairman for inviting me to speak. I have been following the case for eight years along with Ms Caroline Dwyer and Ms Heaney. They are very welcome today, along with Ms Aisling Dwyer. The Dwyer family live in Ballinderry, County Tipperary. They are an incredible family and very well thought of. They need the committee's support. I have no questions, given that I have been...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: I approve.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: The caveat is that it is another case that may be before the courts. We need to confirm that there will not be another appeal.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Alan Kelly: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. My first questions will relate to the disposal of the Government jet. I will then ask about Vote 36, to be followed by questions on Vote 35. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the sale of the Government jet points out that since 1992 the jet had been maintained in accordance with the original manufacturer's recommended maintenance and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Alan Kelly: What is the difference between the two?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Alan Kelly: Presumably the unanticipated costs were based on the fact that the jet was so old. Those costs were growing. Was that not something that would be scoped? How did the Department arrive at the figure of €400,000 that was allowed for? It had to be surpassed on one occasion. Was there any point in having that figure in the first place if it had to be surpassed and the Department knew...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Alan Kelly: Is there a correlation between the intensity of use and the level of maintenance and repairs? Is there a correlation between those two?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Alan Kelly: Is there a correlation between the intensity of use of the aircraft and the level of maintenance?